Log of the Kaalokai. . craft is sink-ing. Lord, Ill put you up to a wrinkle; thewhole crowd have gone aft to ask you to pumpthe blooming ship out; dont you do it, em in Ell first. I have a cussed cheek toax you for a favor, but, Lord, if you will onlywork the oracle and get me out of this bloom-ing mess, Ill never ask you for anything againin my life. Good-bye, Lord, ta ta. Jack arose, and replacing his quid and headgear in their respective places, regained thepumps. All hands shortly came out of thecabin and resumed pumping. They pumpedfor half an hour when, lo! the weather pumpsucke
Log of the Kaalokai. . craft is sink-ing. Lord, Ill put you up to a wrinkle; thewhole crowd have gone aft to ask you to pumpthe blooming ship out; dont you do it, em in Ell first. I have a cussed cheek toax you for a favor, but, Lord, if you will onlywork the oracle and get me out of this bloom-ing mess, Ill never ask you for anything againin my life. Good-bye, Lord, ta ta. Jack arose, and replacing his quid and headgear in their respective places, regained thepumps. All hands shortly came out of thecabin and resumed pumping. They pumpedfor half an hour when, lo! the weather pumpsucked; in half an hour the lee pump sucked,also. The pump well was sounded, no water. The brig was now headed for Capetown,where she arrived shortly afterwards. Jackwas discharged, as a matter of course, andafter a few days spree, he booked on boardone of H. B. M. ships, where he often told hisshipmates of his experience, and that the Lordsaved him, the crew and the passengers fromdrowning as a personal favor to him. No 26. doubt the personnel of the brig thought other-wise. It is an open question; but as the brigafter her departure from Capetown was neverheard from afterwards—why, probably Jackwas right. However, this will give a fine op-portunity to theological writers to demon-strate the efficacy of prayer. June 11th.—Light winds. Our time is now occupied in reading. Wehave a good stock of books, magazines and oldpapers. The wind is light and we make butlittle headway through the water. June 12th.—On the afternoon of the twelfth,however, we had a change; the wind went tothe southward, and it looked rainy. Towardsnight the wind increased; this is very annoy-ing, as Maro Keef is very dangerous. The cur-rent during the last twenty-four hours setstrongly to the southeast. As the weathergrew worse, we bore away to the northwardfor ten hours, to avoid the dangerous reefwhich we were anxious to explore, i. e., MaroReef; then stood on for Laysan Island. June 13th.—Abreast of Mar
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